[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 2:31:03 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 301830
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
230 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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/CHBD1.2.ER.140430T1724Z.140430T1900Z.140430T2110Z.NO/
630 PM GMT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:16 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.3 FEET BY
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS 
  EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   11.27  WED 2 PM     12.3    WED 3 PM 

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